European History (master)

Master's Thesis in European History

The master��s thesis is an independent research project, based on your own source studies or a historiographical analysis.

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Your supervisor will be one of the permanent staff at IAKH's history section. In addition, students are encouraged to seek out co-supervision opportunities at other partner universities. If the thesis is supervised by both a faculty member of the home university and a faculty member of a partner university that is full member of the consortium (and if the student completes at least 30 ECTS at a full member partner university), the student can obtain a Joint Degree.

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Field of Research	Suggested topics for EUH4095	Name
Contemporary European History Facism as a National and Transnational Phenomenon Radical Right Wing Movements, Parties and Think Thanks in Europe from 1920 to Present Day. Democratic Processes and Constitutionalism European History of Political Ideas and Political Parties Italian History and Politics Connected to Demokrati, frihet og grenser Nettverk for studier av totalitarisme og demokrati (NEST) C-REX, Center for research on Extremisme Objections to Democracy (Ode) Experiencing American Democracy (ExAm)	Fascism, right-wing radicalism and extremism. Threats to the liberal democratic system in Europe before and after 1945	Elisabetta Cassina Wolff
Modern Global History Political cultures in Latin America and the Caribbean Transatlantic migrations Comparative social history (esp. marriage)	Scandinavians in Latin America Long-term effects of colonialism Indigenous groups and the state	Steinar Andreas S?ther Steinar is on leave from 1 Jan ?25 to 31 Dec ?27 and will not be able to supervise new master students now
Cultural and Political History Focus on the 19th century Polar history Tourism and expedition history Northern Norway, Japan Museums and collections, use of history History of Knowledge Focus on the 19th century Polar history Tourism and expedition history Northern Norway, Japan Museums and collections, use of history	Suggested topics	Ulrike Spring
Environmental history History of Climate History of Disasters Museum History	The Little Ice Age in Norway and Europe (1500-1800) Facing Famine Cultures of Catastrophe From Cabinets of Curiosities to Public Museum	Dominik Collet
Research interests Modern Environmental History Environment and Health International Environmental History Social, cultural, environmental, and medical history of modern Russia and the Soviet Union History of Science History of Urban Planning and Architecture	Disease and Health in the Age of the Anthropocene, 1800-2000 The Great Acceleration: International Organisations and the Environment	Johanna Conterio
Economic History in Europe Economic Politics Business History Banking and Monetary History		Einar Lie
Economic and social history, business history and global history 1650-1940 Natural resources Mining Education (human capital) Technology and innovation	Suggested Topics	Kristin Ranestad
Contemporary International History The Middle East Politics of World powers Foreign Policy The Politics of Peace in Norway	Dangerous Liaisons. The Triangular Drama Between the United States, Israel and Iran, 1953-1984	Hilde Henriksen Waage
Research interests Twentieth-century US foreign relations. The history of nuclear weapons and arms control. Cold War international history.	Suggested topics	James Cameron
Research interests The Cold War Nuclear Culture Civil defence, psychological defence and media preparedness Memory studies and cultural heritage	Forslag til tema og oppgaver	Rosanna Farb?l
Modern and Contemporary International and Transnational History Humanitarianism Internationalism and International Organizations (Social) Human Rights Global Social Policy Working Conditions and Labour History	The History of Humanitarianism The History of Internationalism and International Organizations	Daniel Maul
International contemporary history Civil Societies Humanitarian aid and international organizations South Asian contemporary political history		Sunniva Engh
Norwegian and Transnational History Labor movement from the Russian Revolution to the Cold War Propaganda during the World Wars and the Cold War Transatlantic activist networks during and after World War II		Eirik Wig Sundvall
Transnational history and labor history The Nordic region and its international entanglements with emphasis on 20^th century history, particularly after 1930, and includes both Nordic and North American history.	Scandinavian-American responses to the creation of the Scandinavian ��middle way�� of the 1930s Cooperation between Nordic labor movements during capital market deregulation in the 1980s Multiculturalism in Canada and Sweden �C comparisons, contacts, and conflicts Nordic expertise in the OECD and its international impact	Byron Rom-Jensen
Research topics Holocaust, occupation and Nazism Genocide and human rights violations Jewish history and antisemitism Racism and conspiracy theories		The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies Jan Heiret Synne Corell Terje Emberland Carl Emil Vogt Anton Weiss-Wendt
Contemporary History The Middle East Nationalism Social and Cultural History Material History	Nationalisms, Colonialism, and Revolutions Social Movements and the Question of Citizenship Culture in the Age of Globalization	Toufoul Abou-Hodeib
Contemporary European History International Legal History Social, Economic, and Labour History History of World War II Holocaust & Genocide studies	Observing Europe's Reunification, Media Histories & the End of the World of Print, History of and in International Law	Kim Christian Priemel
Contemporary History International and Transnational History Economy and Buisness History Fashion History Colonialism and Imperialism Connected to CREATIVE IPR	Consumption Societies in Modern History (19th and 20th centuries): Nordic Branding. The history of labor, value creation, and retail in the garment and fashion industries The history of global firms, with a focus on the creative industries The history of capitalism in the Belgian Congo colony	Veronique Pouillard
Research interests Migration history Mobility studies Middle East history Ottoman history World history in the 19th and early 20th centuries Connected to: History of Capitalism Stampa migrante: periodicals of the Italian community of Egypt, 1892-1940	Migration & Mobility Technology and Urban History Port-cities Transnational flows of goods Supervision will be in English	Lucia Carminati
European History in the 20th Century Popular Culture in the West 1880 - 2000 British History Culture and Social History Social Science History	Popular Culture and Social Relations in the 20th Century The Production of Culture in the 20th Century Visions of the city: the rise and fall of social housing/gentrification/the making of the ��creative city�� Youth: its classification, governance and experience Creative Labour: work in twentieth-century cultural industries	Klaus Nathaus
Modern European History History of consumerism and food Colonialism and collective violence Racism, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust Cold War cultures, pacifism and anti-militarism	Taco loco: Why Norwegians love ��Mexican�� food How the pizza came to Norway: The global travels of an ethnic cuisine Left-wing anti-Semitism? The Norwegian labor movement, capitalism, and the Jews in the inter-war period Islam: Norwegian perceptions of a religion in the late 20th century A pacifist authority? The Church of Norway and the discussion of war and peace after 1945 How to deal with ��conchies��? Conscientious objectors in post-war Norway	Patrick Bernhard
European history Early Modern History History of knowledge History of the book Media history History of science and technology Connected to: Before Copyright	Early Modern History The History of Science, Religion, and Curiosity The History of Intellectual Property The History of Packaging and Expiry Dates Digital Humanities and Digital History	Marius Buning
PRIO - Peace Research Institute Oslo	- Research at PRIO	?ystein Rolandsen J?rgen Jensehaugen

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Master's Thesis in European History

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